1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

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Germany 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
Information
Date6 July 1997
CityGermany Landshut
Event3 of 6 (15)
Referee
Stadium details
Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Hans Nielsen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Brian Andersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Brian Andersen

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the third race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 6 July in the in Landshut, Germany[1][2] It was the third Swedish SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the fourth win of his career.

Starting positions draw[]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Robert Barth from Germany as Wild Card.

Draw . Sweden (5) Henrik GustafssonUnited Kingdom (18) Andy Smith
Draw . United Kingdom (18) Andy SmithSweden (17) Mikael Karlsson
Draw . Sweden (17) Mikael KarlssonUnited States (19) Sam Ermolenko

Heat details[]

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 2 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 25 3 3 3 3 E 12 1 3
2 9 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 20 1 2 3 2 2 10 3 2
3 12 United States (3) Greg Hancock 18 3 0 2 3 3 11 2 1
4 14 United States (1) Billy Hamill 16 2 2 2 1 3 10 4 E
5 8 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 14 E 2 0 2 3 7 8 3
6 16 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 13 0 1 2 3 3 9 5 2
7 15 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 12 1 3 0 3 1 8 6 1
8 13 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 11 3 3 1 0 X 7 7 0
9 7 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 9 2 1 3 0 1 7 9 3
10 3 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 8 1 2 1 2 1 7 11 2
11 6 Germany (16) Robert Barth 7 1 0 3 1 2 7 10 1
12 4 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 6 0 3 2 0 1 6 12 0
13 5 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 4 3 1 1 1 0 6 13 3
14 10 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 3 2 1 0 0 2 5 14 2
15 11 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 16 1
16 1 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 15 0
17 17 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson - 17
18 18 United States (19) Sam Ermolenko - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification[]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark
1 United States (3) Greg Hancock 63 25 20 18      
2 Denmark (2) Hans Nielsen 49 8 16 25      
3 United States (1) Billy Hamill 48 20 12 16      
4 Poland (13) Tomasz Gollob 44 18 25 1      
5 Sweden (4) Tony Rickardsson 43 11 18 14      
6 Denmark (12) Brian Andersen 43 9 14 20      
7 Sweden (11) Jimmy Nilsen 33 13 7 13      
8 United Kingdom (7) Mark Loram 28 7 13 8      
9 United Kingdom (8) Chris Louis 28 12 4 12      
10 Poland (14) Sławomir Drabik 24 16 2 6      
11 Australia (10) Leigh Adams 21 6 6 9      
12 Sweden (6) Peter Karlsson 18 4 11 3      
13 Sweden (5) Henrik Gustafsson 17 14 3      
14 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 13 ns 9 4      
15 Poland (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 12 1 ns 11      
16 Australia (16) Jason Crump 8 8      
17 Germany (16) Robert Barth 7 7      
18 United Kingdom (9) Simon Wigg 5 3 ns 2      
19 Czech Republic (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2      
20 Sweden (17) Mikael Karlsson 1 ns 1 ns      
Rider(s) not classified
United States (19) Sam Ermolenko ns      
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.

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